What happened on the sixth day of protests in Belarus Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On August 14, peaceful protests in Belarus acquired an even more massive character. Throughout the country, citizens continued to line up on the streets in the "chain of solidarity" with the victims of police violence and arbitrariness.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) conducts experiments and research related to distributed ledger technologies and digital currencies. This was announced by a member of the Fed's Board of Governors Lail Brainard, her words are quoted by CoinDesk.

Artyom Loskutov's painting "Belarus" was sold at auction for three million rubles, the artist said on Twitter. The buyer chose to remain anonymous. Earlier, Loskutov promised to send Belarusians half of the proceeds for the painting. Correction. Initially, the news reported that the painting was bought for 2.3 million rubles, but Loskutov extended the time of the auction. We apologize to readers.

Telegram for Android OS has a video call function, according to the messenger's blog. For iOS users, calls will be available after the app update is reviewed by App Store moderators. To start a video call, you need to click the button with the camera icon in the user profile. “You can switch between a voice call and a video call right during a call, as well as chat in chats without ending the call: it can be minimized to a small window in the corner of the screen,” the blog says.

The defendant in the case of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Andrei Karepov was beaten in order to receive convincing testimonies on Sergey Furgal. This is stated in the Karepov defense statement, which is at the disposal of "Medusa". The fact that Karepov was beaten was previously reported by a member of the public observation commission Eva Merkacheva. “Mask people beat them, they cannot identify their carpes.

The head of the CEC of Belarus, Lidia Yermoshina, confirmed that the video of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya asking Belarusians not to go to rallies was recorded in her office. “This is my sofa. She [Tikhanovskaya] wrote down this appeal without me,” Yermoshina told Belarusian Komsomolskaya Pravda. When asked why the head of the CEC herself was not in the office at that moment, Yermoshina replied that “two high-ranking law enforcement officers wanted to meet with Tikhanovskaya,” let’s say.

Nataliya Fedosenko / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Where does the white-and-red flag come from? A white flag with a red stripe down the middle was the official flag of Belarus for several years, historically speaking. At the turn of the 19th–20th century, a cloth with this pattern was used among the first Belarusian nationalist circles and associations.

In July 2020, 742 people died from COVID-19 in Moscow, which is 50% less than in June. This is reported by the Moscow Department of Health. These are the cases where coronavirus infection has become the main cause of death, the department specified. Another 964 people who tested positive for COVID-19 died in July from other causes. “Covid had a significant impact on the development of the underlying disease and its fatal complications in 466 cases,” the department adds.

The BY_help movement, together with businessmen, created the Solidarity Fund to help citizens of Belarus who lost their jobs due to protests. Dmitry Navosha, a journalist and co-founder of Sports.ru, announced this on his Telegram channel.

32 Russian citizens detained in Belarus at the end of July on suspicion of organizing mass riots returned to Russia. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. Another Russian remained in Belarus, because in addition to the Russian one, he also has a Belarusian passport. Updated . An informed source of Interfax stated that the returning Russians are not threatened with criminal or other procedural prosecution.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On the evening of August 14, thousands of Minsk residents joined a spontaneous march towards Belarus’s Government House on Independence Square. The demonstrators demanded a meeting with the authorities, as well as new presidential elections. Riot police lining the perimeter of the building lowered their shields as a sign of solidarity with the protesters. In response, demonstrators ran to meet the officers, giving them flowers and hugs.

Sergey Gritz / AP / Scanpix / Leta Minsk Automobile Plant In Belarus, rallies in large industrial enterprises continue for the third day . They become more and more numerous, and more and more plants join them - on August 14, rallies went to about three dozen enterprises, including the Minsk automobile plant, the Minsk Tractor Plant, Belaruskali, Belshina, Grodno Azot, and the Belavitsa factory.

Interview with Marina Zolotova - the chief editor of the most popular Belarusian news site TUT.BY - about the work of journalists in extreme conditions Natalya Fedosenko / TASS / Scanpix / Leta One of the most popular independent Belarusian publications TUT.BY has been working in Minsk for 20 years. In recent months, the authorities have detained TUT.BY journalists a dozen times.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called on the people of the country not to go to protests. He stated this on Friday at a meeting with members of the Security Council. “Don’t stick your head out on the streets now! Understand that you and our children are being used as cannon fodder! Today people have already come here in large numbers from Poland, Holland, Ukraine, from this "Open Russia", Navalny, and so on and so forth.

Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta on the evening of August 14, thousands of residents of Minsk came to a spontaneous march on Independence Square to the House of the Government of Belarus. The audience demanded meetings with the authorities and holding new presidential elections. The military lined up along the perimeter of the building, which lowered the shields in front of the demonstrators. After that, protesters with flowers ran out towards them and began to hug them and kiss them.